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Alcoholics Known or Unknown to Agencies: Epidemiological Studies in a London Suburb

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Griffith Edwards ,
Ann Hawker ,
Celia Hensman ,
Julian Peto  and
Valerie Williamson
Griffith Edwards
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry Addiction Research Unit, 101 Denmark Hill, London, S.E.5
Ann Hawker
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry Addiction Research Unit, 101 Denmark Hill, London, S.E.5
Celia Hensman
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry Addiction Research Unit, 101 Denmark Hill, London, S.E.5
Julian Peto
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry Addiction Research Unit, 101 Denmark Hill, London, S.E.5
Valerie Williamson
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry Addiction Research Unit, 101 Denmark Hill, London, S.E.5
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We present here some findings from a survey carried out in one (former) London borough, of the information known to one or more of a number of agencies such as courts, clergy, employers, doctors, etc. (we term these sources ‘reporting agencies', see Methodology Section 4), concerning those individuals who might have a drinking problem. The results will be interpreted in the light of a house-to-house sample survey which was conducted at the same time, and in part of that same area (Edwards et al., 1972a, b, c, d, 1973): the extent of overlap in case identification will be closely considered. The literature on epidemiology applied to alcoholism has been reviewed by one of us elsewhere (Edwards, 1973), and the relevance of epidemiology to planning the community's response to its drinking problems was discussed. In the present paper the application of those general arguments to the realities of a particular set of data will be tentatively explored.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 123 , Issue 573 , August 1973 , pp. 169 - 183
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1973

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